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Anti-federal regulation gun bill proposed in Mich.

Republican state senators have introduced a bill that would exempt Michigan-made guns and ammunition from federal regulations.

AP Wire

Lansing

Jan 20, 2013

Thirteen Republican senators introduced the proposed Michigan Firearms Freedom Act on Thursday. The bill's introduction came on same week that President Barack Obama laid out his extensive gun proposal, which includes reinstating the military-style assault weapon ban.

Progress Michigan said the bill was "copy and pasted from fringe Missouri legislation" and asked lawmakers to "stop introducing legislation written by radical out-of-state special interest groups."

The bill's primary sponsor is Republican Rep. Phil Parlov of St. Clair County. He introduced the same bill in 2009, but it stalled in committee under the Democratic-controlled House.

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Pray tell, what is so special about Michigan-manufactured firearms that justifies their exemption from federal regulation? And exactly how is it that a group of state legislators can claim jurisdiction over federal policy anyway?

It's called the Intrastate Commerce Act...look it up! Goods that are grown, made or manufactured within a state and remain within that state cannot be subject to the authority of the federal government.

Look up the law and proposed legislation you idiot, rather than taking all your info from this small 2-3 paragraph article. The intrastate commerce act states the goods have to be manufactured and sold within the state therefore it is under state jurisdiction, hence the name intrastate. Interstate on the other hand are goods that are manufactured in one state and cross state lines to be sold, therefore under federal jurisdiction. The proposed legislation states that the firearms and ammunition are to be manufactured and sold in Michigan, thus giving Michigan jurisdiction!

Although I generally defer to your vast knowledge and experience on matters, you might find it interesting that this legislation, rather than being "simply 'copy and pasted' from fringe Missouri legislation" is substantially the same as legislation that has already passed in "fringe" Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Arizona, and Tennessee. It is also substantially the same as legislation introduced in "fringe" Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Alabama. http://firearmsfreedomact.com/st...

Kind of risky when you get all your information from Progress Michigan and the AP / Eh? Oh, and for your fellow travelers, if they actually read the legislation it would answer their questions about the Constitutional basis for the proposed law - apparently agreed to by a whole lot of legislators and State Attorneys General nationwide.

Thanks for actually providing a website to get more in-depth information on this 10th Amendment challenge to the powers of Congress under the commerce clause. It must be very rewarding to see such challenges to federal gun law come down the pike and to be constitutional to boot.

Oddly, there is very little information regarding this act available online, but I did stumble across some illuminating sites devoted to this subject. The research continues.

As for your declaration of deference to me, I must have been out of town.